Beginner Gardening: Need suggestion for decorative small tree for my front yard, 0 by ecrane3

ecrane3 wrote:
It looks to me like there's something already in that space--is it getting removed or is whatever you plant going to be sharing space with it? That also seems like a location where the shrub isn't really going to be showcased very much and is probably not going to get noticed, so I'm not sure I'd even bother putting anything there (and I would absolutely not consider putting even a small tree there--the areas looks WAY too cramped and there's too much chance that the tree might get a pinch too big and be banging into houses, etc).

If it were my yard, I'd move out a little more into the front yard and then plant a small tree there--maybe something like a flowering crabapple or cherry which puts on a gorgeous display in the spring, or maybe some sort of evergreen flowering tree. Then you can put some colorful annuals around it. I took your picture and drew in what I'm thinking (please ignore the terrible artwork...I have a laptop with a touchpad mouse, not very good for drawing with!)

On the jujube...how does it do if it gets more water than what it needs to survive and make fruit? Since it's planted in a lawn area, it's going to be getting way more than 15 inches of water a year, and sometimes trees/shrubs that are really drought tolerant don't do well when planted in or near a lawn.